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A History of the County of Somerset
… rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from east to west. Its northern and eastern boundaries were marked by watercourses including … part of the parish lies in the alluvial Brue valley and averages 5 m. (16 ft.) above sea level. It is the site …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One … in England is held at Woolpit on September 16th, and a large fair for bullocks on the 18th and 19th. The …
The Environs of London
… to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on … the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. The parish is … of the river into Essex, being there bounded by Barking, and Barking-creek which separates it from Eastham. On the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was in use in the 14th century. 93 In 1300 the land between the eastern arms at the north and south ends of the parish, which either was or might soon … presumably for Pewsey. 9 From 1975 to 1985 SSI Ltd. made scientific instruments at Wootton Rivers; 10 in 1997 the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, Worcester and W. divisions of the county, 111 miles (N. W. by W.) from … of its situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was selected as a …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… ten canons, all of whose prebends were in the king's gift, and were always referred to by their numbers. 1 A few months … Warwickshire, a few parishes just inside Staffordshire and a small detached portion of Shropshire. 2 The diocese had been divided into the archdeaconries of Gloucester and Worcester (which included the Warwickshire parishes). On …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… of Harold, held Worlingham at the time of the Survey, and Roger Bigot was steward of it for the Conqueror, who … of Gurth had been tenants. It was valued at ten shillings and sixpence, and paid one thousand herrings. There were also in this …
A History of the County of Essex
… bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles south-east of Sudbury (Suff.), covered 2,322 a. (929 ha.). 33 The Stour forms the northern boundary, and the eastern, southern, and western ones follow mainly … 200/5; J.S. Hull, 'The River Stour Navigation Co.', Suff. Institute of Arch. xxxii. 250; W. Beaumont, Wormingford, a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the tythings of Burgham, Perry-Hill, West-End, and Wyke, 1424 inhabitants. The parish comprises 6795 a. 3 r. 34 p., of which about 300 acres are woodland, and 1367 common or waste. The Wey and Arun navigation passes … the season; there are libraries and reading-rooms, and a literary society and a mechanics' institution have been …